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Pentagon keen to see Saddam entombed

US commandos in Iraq
WASHINGTON, January 26 : The United States would be happy to see Saddam Hussein entombed in one of his air-raid shelters, but the Pentagon said Friday the hunt for the Iraqi President was not a top -prior ity mission or allied warplanes, report AFP.
"We go after command and control targets and if be hap pens to be there, great."saki a Pentagon source. But it would be " too inefficient and iffy" to devote a great deal of time to a hunt for the Iraqi leader the source said.
In Riyadh Major-General Robert Johnston Chief of Sluff tn the Central Command told a military briefing Friday that Mr. Hussein could hide tn
"an infinite number of loca tlohs" and that seeking him out was ' not really out Job"
"We are not going after a single target " He said
The Washington Post reported Friday that allied forces had traced Mr Husseins whereabouts last week . but an air strike on the site had to be called off because of weather condition .
The newspaper, quoting a senior U.S. administration ofll ctal. said the mission was part of broader effort to decapitate Iraq's Armed forces by de-Mroying their command and control infrastructure. It gave no further details of the aborted strike.
CIA coordinating operations
The paper quoted. U.S offl clals as saying the Central In-tcUigenee
Agency had rdlnatcd ef forts to Identify and locate Mr Husseins "fingerprints. A reference to eharacterisih patterns of movement and communication which accom pany his travel around Iraq
According to the officials Mt. Hussein traveled mainly at night and used look alike as decoys complete with motor-
Therebeen re port* that Mr. Hussein seeks protection by hiding out in residential areas not targeted In raids by the allied forces Observers noted that statements from officials Friday did not amount to a denial of the Washington Post report.
But the allied forces could well believe that Mr Hussein w.ts so well hidden either in populated areas or in deep, well-defended shelters that it was not worth making enor mous efforts to seek him out. the observers said Despite repeated statements by US of . fit lais that individuals were not targeted in the Gulf war. ob servers recalled that capturing strongmen Manuel Antonio Noriega had been a principal a"ii of the US Invasion of I'mama in December 1989
And Libya leader Moamer Gaddafi had been one of the targets of the US air attack on Libya 1n April 1986 .they noted.
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater has said he dtd not rule out a bld to capture Mr. Hussein alive, but most experts here said that It would be extremely difficult to pull off such a complex com mando mission
Alfonse Ad's Amato a repub lican Senator from New York has suggested that the Israeli Intelligence organization Mossad or special Israeli units could hunt down the Iraqi leader.
After Iraqi Scud missile attack on Israel Mr. D Amato said 'Saddam Hussein will find himself a very real target."
PT1 adds : US Special Forces Commandos have infti trated Iraq as part of allied ef forts to search out locations of Baghdad's mobile missile forces.the Washington Times reported quoting Bush administration sources.
The commandos . part of the Pentagons Special Opera Hons Command.are also taking part In covert sabotage, intelligence collection and search operations to find and rescue downed allied pilots deep inside Iraqi territory.the officials said.
The commandos are using high technology communications equipment to talk to military commanders and to provide Information from inside the country.
The commandos' missions include intelligence gathering in areas where mobile Scud missiles have been operating In western and southern Iraq, and reconnaissance patrols near Kuwait to assess the situation on the ground near Iraqi forces there.
The paper said, the commando teams are supplying information that US intelligence agencies are unable to 11 led electronically.